Sandford Bay Surf Forecast

/ Scot – East Coast (44 surf breaks) /

UK (471 surf breaks) / Lat Long: (57.48° N 1.79° W)

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Sandford Bay surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 12 pm Monday 18 Aug 2025 BST

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Sandford Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Sandford Bay sea temperature is 13.9° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Sandford Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandford Bay at 4PM is: 0.2m 7s primary swell from a North direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction, 0.2m 4s secondary swell from a East-northeast direction (forecast issued at 12:00pm August 18). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-onshore.

Time (BST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (18 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	7s
Afternoon (18 Aug)	0.5ft (0.2m)	7s
Evening (18 Aug)	1ft (0.3m)	6s

Table - waves today at Sandford Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Hourly 12 Days

Scotland – East Coast Surf

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	Monday 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM	10 AM	1 PM	4 PM	7 PM	10 PM	1 AM	4 AM	7 AM
Rating (10 max)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	N	N	N	N	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE	NNE
Period(s) (?)	8	7	7	8	6	6	7	7	8	7	4	6	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	13	7	11	14	14	10	9	7	8	8	19	87	173	346	470	537	612	516	465	369	295	265	221	217
Wind (km/h)	ENE	ENE	ENE	NE	NNE	N	N	NNW	N	NNE	NNE	NNE	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	N	NNW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	on	on	cross- on	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross- off	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)	8:51AM 2.68				9:28PM 2.59					10:25AM 2.70				10:49PM 2.73				11:41AM 2.84				11:52PM 2.96
Low Tide / height (m)			3:11PM 1.10				3:52AM 0.94					4:35PM 1.06				5:09AM 0.73				5:38PM 0.92				6:08AM 0.48

	Monday 18					Tuesday 19								Wednesday 20								Thursday 21
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:41	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:43
Sunset	-	-	-	8:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	8:37	-	-	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11
Feels °C (?)	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	8	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	7

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Scot - East Coast

Wind Update Recent on-shore wind 40 km from Sandford Bay has fallen light (light winds from the E at Dyce). Waves cleaning up. 0.2m 6s windswell from the NNE with a 0.2m 4s local chop from the NE and a 0.1m 7s swell from the N. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
37 minutes ago Sandford Bay
Wind Update Recent on-shore wind 9 km from Aberdeen has fallen light (light winds from the E.(Wind varies from 070 to 130 degs) at Aberdeen/Dyce Airport). Waves cleaning up. No surfable waves
1 hour 17 minutes ago Aberdeen

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40 km away, 37 min ago

9 km/h

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13.9

Air / Water (°C)

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